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With mass vaccination programmes and careful application of public health measures it almost feels for some of us as though the pandemic is under control. Any thoughts of it being …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/02/2021-chaos-communication-congress-cancelled/)
Over the last couple few decades there has been a great shift in electric lighting, first towards more compact and efficient fluorescent lights, and then towards LED bulbs. The old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/02/a-glowing-potato-peeler-makes-a-nernst-lamp/)
Before LEDs became cheap enough to be ubiquitous, flip-card displays were about the only way to get a digital clock. These entirely electromechanical devices had their own charm, and they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/02/steppers-and-esp32-make-this-retro-modern-flip-clock-tick/)
Got a couple of old DVD-RW drives lying around, just collecting dust? Of course you do. If not, you likely know where to find a pair so you can build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/02/mini-laser-engraver-could-carve-out-a-place-on-your-desk/)
These days, supply chain factors and high demand have made it incredibly difficult to lay one’s hands on a GPU. However, if you’re into older computers, you might find it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/03/some-pleasing-experiments-in-8-bit-video-cards/)
When we use an electronic component, we have some idea of what goes on inside it. We know that inside a transistor there’s a little piece of semiconductor with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/03/what-goes-into-a-high-voltage-diode/)